[EMAIL PROTECTED] (do you have a name?), I liked much of what you wrote, with a few exceptions.
I felt this statement to be cruel: >She didn't pull a Joplin, Cobain, or Nyro,< Janis died of a heroin overdose at age 27 Kurt also overdosed on heroin but didn't die...he then shot himself, also at age 27 Laura died of ovarian cancer at age 49 also, >>If she were to hinge her being on perceived notions of her relevance as an artist, she would have long offed herself. < I don't believe any of the above artists died as a result of feeling artistically irrelevant, I think Janis, Kurt, & sadly many other great artists have died at an early age because they used drugs to numb their inner demons & as a result went over that edge... Laura died of cancer. one more comment...>>She didn't have a personality like Laura Nyro where she could just put her muse on hold (Laura changed her primary focus from record making to childrearing and domestic living)<< It isn't a personality difference that allows someone to put their muse on hold to raise a child, it is the incredible demands of raising a child that leaves little time or energy for the muse... ******************************************** Kate Bennett www.katebennett.com sponsored by Polysonics Discover the Indies at Taylor Guitars: http://www.taylorguitars.com/artists/awp/indies/bennett.html ********************************************
